[Lowfer] 137.78 watering hole

[John Andrews]

Chris,

In addition to Jay's remarks, also remember that some of this high-power 
LF transmitting is weather-dependent. It was stormy here in the 
northeast for the last two days. The high winds swinging my loop in and 
out of tune kept me from a Sunday night CW sked with Jay. Also, rain or 
snow has caused issues with tuning and arcing for some of us, limiting 
one's desire to run the stuff unless we are watching it closely. As one 
who has thrown snowballs at a PVC fire, I speak from experience!

John, W1TAG

On 12/14/2010 9:23 AM, Chris - KC0TKS wrote:
> Although I neglected to report it, the watering hole 3 nights ago was
> HOT. I copied XNS, MP, XGJ and XKO. XGJ and XKO were "dogbones" most of
> the time and all of the others seemed stronger than usual.
>
> The last two nights, I haven't seen so much as a blip. Did my antenna
> freeze to death or was there just nobody on? The last time this
> happened, I had accidentally left my attenuator switched in. Not the
> case this time.